SENIOR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Extensive Presale and Post Sale Cradle to Grave Experience Program Planning Management Financial Risk Management Cost Control Entire Project Life Cycle Management Contract Customer Negotiation System Integration Implementation Cross-Team Management Scheduling Quality Management Control Technical Presentations Customer Relations Strategic Sales Process Reengineering Vendor Relationship Management Site Development Management Excellent Communication Skills Accountable For Large Multi-million Dollar Projects

CAREER SUMMARY

• Accomplished PMP Program Management professional with extensive in-depth experience providing vision, collaborative synergy and strategic focus in achieving system integration and implementation of complex and customized technology solutions, including 3i E-911 and LMR P25 Wireless Voice, Wireless Data, IP and VoIP Infrastructure, Site and Tower development, Microwave, and Subscriber management.
• Decisive results-oriented self-starter leader and out-of-the-box thinker with a strong technical aptitude tied to a solid understanding of the bottom-line and with demonstrated expertise in creating, analyzing and applying Project Management Institute fundamentals PMBOK to the solution of complex problems. Insightful and perceptive thinker who thrives at solving unforeseen and unanticipated risk situations, so that each process and technical resource can be managed to its maximum ability.
• Role included personally performing civil improvement site walk inspections, site and tower development, interviewing stakeholders and end-users for needs assessments, identifying training needs, managing equipment orders and delivery, overseeing factory and on-site system inspections, identifying data-base requirements, conducting coverage evaluations, establishing maintenance contracts, subcontractor and internal personnel activities and all project activity scheduling.
• Adept communicator and team builder who works collaboratively to effect timely customer solutions, accurately define program/project scope, recommend feasible and cost-effective approaches, and ensure effective and accountable execution. Prior Clearances: Top Secret and Crypto-Intelligence.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Project Manager

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• Provided direction and leadership in the initial post-sale implementation phase of customized Max CT Enhanced IP E-911 infrastructure product Launch throughout Iowa, TN, and GA. Directly accountable for the customer relations, hardware and software product implementation and the managing of projects while adhering to the company's ISO-9000 requirements.
• Accountable for all internal cross-functional personnel and large-subcontractor activities, schedules, and represent the product team at client meetings obtain buy-in from Senior Management for all key project plans, commitments, and requirement changes including resource management plans, road maps, quality assurance plans, budgets, detailed schedule plans, executive-level status reports, and scope changes.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining project plans, including configuration management, risk management, issue management, and communication plans.

Project Manager

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Provided direction and leadership for design and implementation planning team for City of Flagstaff, AZ 5-million municipal P25 ROIP public safety radio system infrastructure, microwave, and subscriber interoperability to regional and statewide public safety networks.

Sr. ConsultantProject Manager

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Provided direction and leadership to the Department of Homeland SecurityBay Area Urban Area Security Initiative group UASI by recommending designs and implementation plans for their regional San Francisco Bay Area 700MHz Interoperability Communication System project for use by the 10-County Public-Safety agencies and regional/State responders during major disasters.

Program Manager

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Accountable for the direction and leadership to the LMR Re-banding Program Team in the creation of their Presale Proposal Preparation Of Estimates POE to re-band customer's existing national 800 MHz Conventional and SmartNet communication systems as part of the mandated FCC 800 MHz Public Safety and SMR systems separation re-banding initiative.

Senior Project Manager

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• Provided direction and leadership in all presale activity, and post sale design and implementation phases of customized LMR ISO-9000 Acom voice, VoIP, and E-911 infrastructure projects throughout the US, as well as selected international opportunities. Directly accountable for the customer relations, hardware and software product implementation and the managing of projects while adhering to the company's ISO-9000 requirements.
• Accountable for all internal cross-functional personnel and large-subcontractor activities and schedules, maintaining project budget and margins and represent the project team at client meetings obtain buy-in from Senior Management for all key project plans, commitments, and requirement changes including resource management plans, road maps, quality assurance plans, budgets, detailed schedule plans, executive-level status reports, and scope changes.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining project plans, including configuration management, risk management, issue management, and communication plans.
• Major projects included:
• Interoperable Dispatch Center communications for the Walt Disney World's Six Campuses, Florida.
• Interoperable Emergency Radio and E-911 Dispatch Centers connecting Fresno region.

Program Manager

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• Responsible for the program leadership as well as Six Sigma principles to highly customized LMR Conventional, SmartZone, Astro wireless voice, and data projects, including SCADA, throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Accountable for maintaining project margins while managing project scope, life-cycle, and successful customer satisfaction. Received two Motorola Project Excellence Awards in 2002.
• Accountable for the complete quality, financial, and cycle time project success while attaining a high level of customer satisfaction throughout the pre-sale, post-sale planning, site development, system implementation, acceptance, and the closure phases of the each project. Personally initiated solutions for project schedule delays resulting in shortened durations during the implementation phases and average overall 15 increase in profit margins.
• Major projects included:
• Major Projects in Government, Commercial, and Public Safety sectors includes: Immigration Nationalization Service/Border Patrol, Dept. Of US ArmyYuma Proving Ground, Montana Highway Patrolstatewide Mobile Data System PMDC , British Petroleum, Southern California Rapid Transit-Monorail, Boeing Company, State of Washington Correctionsand Others.

Professional Development: Leadership and Human Relations, Practical Project Skills, Seven Basic Habits For Highly Effective People, Fundamentals of WIMAX Technology, Virtual Team Management, System Integration, and Rapid Assessment Recovery of Troubled Projects.